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spadefish

spadefish noun: any of several marine fish of the family Ephippidae.

spadefish: any of several marine fish of the family Ephippidae
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Noun

spadefish (countable and uncountable, plural spadefish or spadefishes)

  1. Any of several marine fish of the family Ephippidae
  2. Synonym of paddlefish (broad sense).
    Synonyms:
    paddlefish
    1. Synonym of paddlefish (American sense).

spadefish meaning in Tamil

spadefish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of spadefish

Forms of spadefish

pluralspadefish
pluralspadefishes

Origin of spadefish

From spade + fish.

Words formed from spadefish

  • African spadefish
  • Atlantic spadefish
  • circular spadefish
  • golden spadefish
  • hump-headed spadefish
  • longfin spadefish
  • pinnate spadefish
  • round spadefish

Questions about spadefish

What does spadefish mean?
Spadefish means any of several marine fish of the family Ephippidae.
What is spadefish in Tamil?
Spadefish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Spadefish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spadefish?
Spadefish is a noun.
What is the plural of spadefish?
The plural of spadefish is spadefish.

Words near spadefish in the dictionary

  1. spadebills
  2. spadebone
  3. spadebones
  4. spaded
  5. spadefeet
  6. spadefish
  7. spadefishes
  8. spadefoot
  9. spadefoot toad
  10. spadefoot toads
  11. spadefoots

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spadefish (page history and authors); spadefish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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